What are the symptoms of neurogenic bladder?
Inability to control urination, also known as urinary incontinence, is perhaps the most common symptom associated with the neurogenic bladder. This may be caused by abnormalities in bladder capacity or malfunction of control mechanisms such as the bladder neck and/or external urethral sphincter muscle that are important for the bladder’s storage function. Symptoms including a dribbling urinary stream, straining during urination or inability to urinate may also be associated with neurogenic bladder. Urinary retention may result either from loss of bladder muscle contracting performance or loss of appropriate coordination between the bladder muscle and the external urethral sphincter muscle. Irritating symptoms, such as urinary frequency and urgency, may be evidence of bladder hyperactivity. Other irritating symptoms may include painful urination (dysuria), which may be a result of a urinary tract infection (UTI) caused by urine being held too long in the bladder. UTI with fever is a sig
